Thread: Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), who has introduced a national health care bill at the beginning of every session of...

Yoopers are always doing fine. Who needs to be upset when you got pasties, hunting, and trucks?

Since 1955? You don't get that kind of longevity unless you live in a gerrymandered district. Gerrymandering is a huge problem for democracy in the USA, no argument from me on that score. Nevertheless, it's still the only way you folks have to elect representatives. And this gentleman wins elections. Are you saying that democracy in the USA is illegitimate? Funny thing about Michigan. When Calumet turned into a ghost town in the...

Dennis Kucinich, John Dingell, John Conyers, Jr., Alan Grayson, Ron Paul, Al Franken, Barney Frank, etc. I know Ron Paul is very different from the rest of these guys, but he definitely has integrity.

Poor guy had to live with disappointment for so long.

Voting should be the term limit Should being the operative word. And I'd venture that most career politicians haven't done anything that folks in their districts totally dislikes since people are motivated more by outrage. All one has to do is keep things smooth.

Your story seems to be plagued with hypocrites. It seems that Palin (like Bush), went against typical conservative ideals which would go against the ideals of those who elected her. Dingell, on the other hand, supported the auto industry, farmers (large number of farms in MI, southeast included), and was against the Iraq war (Dearborn has a very large middle-eastern community). So I stand by my statement saying that Dingell did exactly what...

He's doing exactly what he should do in his job. A co-worker of mine, in spite of his total opposition to all taxation and spending, just loves Sarah Palin. When you point out to him that she grew debt, raised taxes, and presided over increased spending as both mayor and governor, including higher taxes on oil companies and lobbying in favor of public works projects she claimed to oppose, he says "But that's what she's...

Right. </major effing sarcasm>

Otherwise known as the "Masscare on Steroids"

And snow. Lots and lots of snow.